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Nagano, month by month

Nagano has a measured daily mean on 1,162 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 56 US AQI (11.7 µg/m³), 952nd of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was February 2024, at 23 US AQI (4.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 44 US AQI (8.0 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)157 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Nagano's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Nagano marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Months without a mean, and why

1 month
MonthWhy
Jul 20234 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Nagano's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2026 5611.7 µg/m³31 of 31952ndof 2,784Japan and South Korea, July 2026
July 2025 5511.0 µg/m³31 of 311,051stof 2,889–
April 2024 5410.9 µg/m³30 of 30884thof 2,520–
June 2025 5310.0 µg/m³30 of 301,296thof 2,508–
August 2025 529.8 µg/m³31 of 311,278thof 2,901–
March 2026 529.7 µg/m³31 of 311,734thof 2,971Japan and South Korea, March 2026

Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.

Nagano's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
24 Mar 2026 8628.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
26 Mar 2025 8426.7 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
22 Jul 2026 8125.2 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, July 2026
18 Apr 2024 7924.3 µg/m³–
21 May 2025 7924.1 µg/m³–
29 Mar 2026 7723.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
19 Apr 2024 7521.8 µg/m³–
25 Mar 2025 7421.7 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
20 Apr 2024 7421.6 µg/m³–
19 Apr 2025 7220.4 µg/m³–

Daily means, the highest since 28 Jul 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Nagano, Japan, 28 Jul 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/jp/nagano/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Nagano now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).